Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX6257377905

Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!

About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - zooming in may separate them out.

OS Map:SX 63168 77843NMR record:SX 67 NW 85HER record:21510Megalithic Portal:45618ShortName: PC:Arch TorButler map: 27.6Turner: E11Notes: Turner E11. "A round cairn which survives as an 8.7 metre diameter mound standing up to 0.9 metres high. Large edge set stones on the north western edge of the mound may suggest the presence of a kerb which survives elsewhere as a buried feature."Nearby sites:SX63177784Distance: 0.6km

OS Map:SX 63502 79203NMR record:SX 67 NW 4HER record:5832Megalithic Portal:42726PMD:ArchertonAlternate name: Chittaford Down 1 Platform Cairn CircleShortName: PC:ChittafordButler map: 27.18.1Butler Vol 5: p.170 & Fig.109Grinsell: LYD 38Turner: E14Notes: Turner E14. "Remains of a cairn, visible as a turf covered stony mound. The NE quadrant is robbed out but around the rest of the periphery are parts of a kerb of small boulders, some set on edge, giving a diameter of 6.5m NW-SE. Maximum height 0.6m in the SW quadrant, but elsewhere the interior is badly robbed." Butler says there is a possible end slab of a cist.Nearby sites:SX63507920Distance: 1.6km

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Lakehead HillOS Map:SX 64351 77493NMR record:SX 67 NW 33HER record:5843Megalithic Portal:24365Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 5 Cairn CircleShortName: CC:Lakehead 5Butler map: 27.19.5DPD page: 117Grinsell: LYD 55Turner: G24Barrow Report: 54 Notes: Butler Cairn 5. Tuner lists this as G24 Stone Circle. However, it is clear from its size and location near other Ring Settings that it is in fact better described as a Ring Setting despite having no visible internal structure. In these listings we will leave it as a cairn circle. "The cairn is defined by a circle of edge set stones which measure 7.8 metres in diameter and stand up to 0.9 metres high." Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo top p.117.Nearby sites:SX64357749Distance: 1.83km

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Lakehead HillOS Map:SX 64180 77300NMR record:SX 67 NW 13HER record:5844Megalithic Portal:45595PMD:Lakehead Hill 6 Stone RowShortName: SRxLakehead SWButler map: 27.19.1Notes: "Alleged Stone row recorded in 1946 but covered by a forestry plantation in 1979. At that time, 3 stones were visible, but it was uncertain whether they were part of the stone row. It may have been destroyed or covered by humus." (River: Dart/Cherry Brook)Nearby sites:SX64187730Distance: 1.72km